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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: Bones on January 20, 2009, 05:13:35 PM

Title: Elk
Post by: Bones on January 20, 2009, 05:13:35 PM: This camera is about a mile from our house. It is set up at a mineral lick that my neighbor can watch from his living room. There are 14 bulls hanging around this lick. I took this camera up there Sunday afternoon. It has been bitter cold with fog. The camera lens were frosted over when I checked early this morning. It was 16 degrees. Tomorrow, I am taking hay to the elk, and hopefully they will start coming in the daylight hours. One of the bulls is huge. Hopefully this cold weather will break soon, and the pictures will be much better. The elk are almost as bad as the bears when it comes to messing with the camera.
Gramps and I are going to get his camera out somewhere tomorrow.
Bones

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Title: Re: Elk
Post by: Little John on January 20, 2009, 05:18:16 PM: Very cool pics. Make sure to post some more pics if u get some. Thanx 4 sharing,. :) :)
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: bigdave on January 20, 2009, 07:12:57 PM: So, Bones, how do you train these animals to clean your lens for you?

Keep up the good work!
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: blindpig on January 21, 2009, 01:00:20 PM: Nice to see a strong healthy looking elk. Thanks for the post
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on January 21, 2009, 02:37:18 PM: Excellent pic's. That one in the background of the tongue pic looks to be a toad.

They love the alfalfa. You put that out and you will have a circus. Looking forward to some more pic's. Thanks for posting.
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: Bones on January 21, 2009, 06:57:58 PM: I took hay to the elk this afternoon. My lens were completely trashed from the elk slobbering all over my camera. I got several pictures of this strange set of antlers. But the pictures are not good because of the ice, slobber and fog.
Bob

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Title: Re: Elk
Post by: mkcj on January 21, 2009, 07:04:21 PM: Great pics even with the slobber
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: robodad on January 21, 2009, 07:11:29 PM: Quote from: WAPITIHUNTER on January 21, 2009, 02:37:18 PM
Excellent pic's. That one in the background of the tongue pic looks to be a toad.

They love the alfalfa. You put that out and you will have a circus. Looking forward to some more pic's. Thanks for posting.

Please try not to feed them just any old thing, I have read that they can actually starve to death with a full belly if it is the wrong type of feed for the time of year !! might call a biologist and see what they recomend !! :dunno:
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: Bones on January 21, 2009, 07:31:31 PM: Two flakes of hay are not going to hurt, and this is exactly what the state feeds them at the winter feeding stations.
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: Little John on January 21, 2009, 08:54:23 PM: That a real weardo. you better keep track of him and find those sheds. Keep the pics coming, way to go. Thanx for sharing
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: robodad on January 21, 2009, 09:04:19 PM: Quote from: Bones on January 21, 2009, 07:31:31 PM
Two flakes of hay are not going to hurt, and this is exactly what the state feeds them at the winter feeding stations.

I agree and that is what I meant, I grew up in the midwest where supplemental feeding is wide spread and it is recomended that if you are going to feed them be sure it is something they normally eat this time of year or they can starve to death, they don't know any better to go elsewhere for other food if it is redially available and will actually die with a belly full.
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: Bones on January 21, 2009, 09:59:27 PM: This time of the year around here, the elk eat hay. And this has been going on forever. The other choice is ice. There is no need to worry because I can't afford to feed them much.
Bones
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: Elkstuffer on January 21, 2009, 10:12:47 PM: Great pictures Bones. Keep them coming. Are these Yakima herds elk?
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: BobR on January 23, 2009, 03:00:39 AM: The little calf with the Mohawk haircut is the one messing with my camera and getting my lens all funky

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Title: Re: Elk
Post by: PacificNWhunter on January 23, 2009, 07:18:52 AM: Awesome pictures, that bull is sporting a vert unique rack. Hope you get some more pictures of him.
Title: Re: Elk
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on January 23, 2009, 09:58:53 AM: Excellent. Keep em coming.